articleIn a world where the safety and performance of products is of utmost importance, its essential companies know how to distinguish between a product that meets the minimum safety requirements and ones which will go above and beyond, explains Andy Butterfield, global head of Construction at BSI.
newsThe BOHS is concerned at the ongoing lack of awareness of the dangers of asbestos, revealed by a recent research survey of tradespeople in Britain by the HSE, and has announced its support of the safety watchdog’s new asbestos safety campaign aimed at this group of workers.
newsA Darwen-based scrap metal firm has been fined for health and safety failings after workers suffered from lead poisoning.
productA fire, explosion and pressure relief solutions company has made enhancements to its Atlas bursting disc product offering.
productElectrical safety testing specialist, Seaward, has introduced its latest generation portable appliance testers.
productMartor has been an innovator of safety knives since 1976 when it launched the semi auto retracting blade in the Profi knife.
productAt the first sign of icy conditions, spraying brine solution provides an alternative to salt and grit spreading.
newsOwners and all those responsible for the operation of powered telescopic sliding gates are being urged to have their installations checked for safety.
productISD Solutions has been contracted by Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) to provide fire walls and compartmentation for the new Mechanical and Biological Treatment (MBT) facility, currently under construction for Essex Waste Partnership in Basildon.
newsFailed autoclave specialist Sterecycle has been convicted of corporate manslaughter at Sheffield Crown Court, for the death of 42 year old worker Michael Whinfrey, following an explosion at the firm’s waste processing plant in January 2011.
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